Comment 27047

By A Smith (anonymous) | Posted October 27, 2008 at 16:37:32

Grassroots, there is a difference between helping someone and making someone dependent on handouts.

Most people in Hamilton today fall into the latter category and you are doing nothing to curtail this process.

When I look around today, I don't see people who are lacking in food, I see the complete opposite. All one has to do is listen to the stories of childhood obesity and the truth becomes clearer.

You also that mention that people may have to walk, rather than sit on the subsidized HSR. Guess what, that's what people have had to do for most of our existence. It's only in the past fifty years or so that physical labour has become a horrible poison to be avoided at any cost.

Pain is a part of life, so the question becomes, not how to avoid it, but how to use it to propel us forward. Nothing good in life comes without some pain and to deny this fact only makes it harder on people in the long run.

Keep in mind I am not advocating allowing people to starve to death, but I am advocating allowing people to feel some genuine physical pain. Pain and work breeds strength, so by taking this away from people, you also take away their ticket to greater success.

You mention that I don't have empathy for people, but this is not true. It's just that I believe the best way to help people in the long run, is to ask more from them, not less. The people in my life that have done this have made me stronger, so I know it works.

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